Administratrix of



(No Model.)

- P. ROOT, D eod.

I E. A. R001, Administratrix.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 424,224. 4 Patented Mar. 25, 1890.. 4 -.A;0 .m

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ESTHER A. ROOT, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ADMINISTRATRIX OF FRANKLINROOT, DECEASED.

CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,224, dated March25, 1890.

Application filed April 23, 1888. Serial No. 271,518- (No model.)

' To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that FRANKLIN ROOT, now deceased, but late of Hartford, inthe county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, invented certain newand useful Improvements Pertaining to Curtain-Fixtures, whereof thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a front viewof a curtain-fixtureembodying said improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view, on an enlargedscale, of one of the bearing-blocks hereinafter described.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved bracket orbearing-block for supporting the curtain and cords; and the nature ofthe invention is particularly pointed out in the claim.

Reference being had to the drawings, wh erein, in Fig. 1, is illustrateda curtain supported by cords arranged on said improved bracket, adenotes the curtain, and b the roller, which, for the purposes of thisinvention, may be of anyof the ordinary spring-balance fixtures. Thecurtain-roller is shown supported at one end by a trunnion f, arrangedin a hook-plate c, to which is connected one end of a cord (1, carriedover the fastening-screws of the brackets and joined to the cord e. Onthe trunnion f' of the roller is arranged a shaft-plate g, having oneend of the cord 6 connected thereto, substantially as shown at Z. To thelower end of the shaft-plate g is connected a cord 7t, as shown at l,and then carried down and arranged about a pulley in a support 02, heldin place by a screw 0, and thence upward through the loop 0 of theclamp-hook p. This arrangement affords a practical instance of a curtainsupported by said improved brackets or bearing-blocks.

The improved bracket or bearing-blocks will now be described, being twoin number and both alike. Each consists, essentially, of a face-piece 1,having projected therefrom two horizontal]y-arranged arms or posts .9 t,with the opening it between the inner free ends 01' bases for thepassage of the screwo, the stem of which constitutes the bearing for thecords and passes through the opening a into the window-casing, and therounded body of the screw serves as a smooth rounded surface whereon thecords may run.

The letter 4; denotes cord-guides projected laterally from the sides ofthe bearing-blocks,

Administmt rise on the estate of Franklin Root,

deceased.

lVitnesses:

WM. E. SIMoNDs, GEORGE G. HADDow.

